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Back to SearchEpisode #10: Nitrogen's Threat to Biodiversity
Episode 12
Habitat destruction and the direct exploitation of species often occupy center stage in discussions of biodiversity perils. However, indirect harms,…
10 years, 5 months ago
Episode #9: Plague-Afflicted Prairie Dogs and Modeling Animal-Borne Disease
Episode 11
Animal-borne diseases have ruled the news cycle recently—from Zika and Ebola to SARS and MERS. However, little is known about the spread of these di…
10 years, 6 months ago
Episode #8: Preventing Midwest Grain Failures
Episode 10
Across the United States, record quantities of corn and soybeans have been harvested in recent years. However, according Dr. David Gustafson of the …
10 years, 7 months ago
Episode #7: Contact with Nature May Mean More Social Cohesion, Less Crime
Episode 9
Numerous studies have demonstrated the benefits of contact with nature for human well-being. However, despite strong trends toward greater urbanizati…
10 years, 7 months ago
Bonus Episode: Complex Data Integration
Episode 8
The integration of data from two or more domains is required for addressing many fundamental scientific questions and understanding how to mitigate c…
10 years, 9 months ago
Episode #6: A Successful Intervention Boosts the Gender Diversity of STEM Faculty
Episode 7
Eighty-one percent of US science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) university faculty members are men. The relative dearth of women in the fi…
10 years, 9 months ago
Episode #5: When Tree Planting Hurts Ecosystems
Episode 6
"Forest restoration" is a common conservation theme, often promoted as a means of repairing degraded landscapes and boosting carbon storage. But when…
10 years, 10 months ago
Episode #4: Fire in the Amazon
Episode 5
Human-caused fires have the potential to hugely alter tropical forests—and the world at large. In this episode, we talk to Dr. Jennifer Balch, of the…
10 years, 11 months ago
Episode #3: Extracellular Vesicles Everywhere
Episode 4
Extracellular vesicles (EVs; article here) are one of the biggest stories in biology. These tiny "packets" are released by cells and constitute a pre…
11 years ago
Episode #2: Transgenic Fish on the Loose?
Episode 3
Fast-growing transgenic salmonids are currently being developed for eventual human consumption. Dr. Robert Devlin and his team seek to evaluate the e…
11 years, 1 month ago